Statement:
ACCOUNT_JOB_COMPANY acknowledges that copyright is a valuable part of ACCOUNT_JOB_COMPANY's intellectual property portfolio.
To ensure that ACCOUNT_JOB_COMPANY can maintain, use and protect its copyright, the company expects all members of staff to act in compliance with this copyright policy.
This copyright policy is not part of a member of staff’s contract of employment and can be amended at any time.
Any breach of this copyright policy is a serious indiscretion and may result in disciplinary action.
People covered by this policy
This policy is applicable to all persons working for ACCOUNT_JOB_COMPANY at all levels, including directors, senior managers, employees, consultants, part-time, and casual staff (collectively, hereinafter referred to as staff throughout the rest of this policy)
What is covered by the policy?
This copyright policy applies to all original work created by or contracted for development by the company and its members of staff including, but not limited to SCOPE_OF_POLICY.
Establishing copyright protection
Upon creation, the author should mark all original works, whether draft or final versions, with the following:
“This original work was created by [NAME], [JOB TITLE], on [DATE]”
If possible, each piece of original work should be signed by the author. Complete records shall be established and maintained for the storage and easy access to copyright records. This recordal system shall be maintained by COPYRIGHT_OFFICER.
The following information should be recorded in the recordal system:
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